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.:---^££@£ or   balconies,   we  have  built  large £@££^---:.
.:-=^£@£## antennas  for  larger  bandwith, we have ##£@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@###     build specialized antennaes for      ###@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@£##   specific wavelengths (and sent them    ##£@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@£## into  orbit),  we've built large as fuck ##£@£^=-:.
.:-=^^££££              antenna arrays              ££££^^=-:.
.:-=^£@### we've virtually built an  antenna with a ###@£^=-:.
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.:---==£@# placement  in   the   galaxy,  and   our #@£==---:.
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.:-=^£@£##          grand scheme of things          ##£@£^=-:.
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.:-=^£@£## center  of  the  galaxy  at velocity and ##£@£^=-:.
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.:-=^£@@££ around the  galaxy.  and we as a species ££@@£^=-:.
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.:-=^@£### radio programmes  out  in  fucking space ###£@^=-:.
...-==^£££ at  the  speed  of  light  (light is our £££^==-...
.:-=^£@### medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!),  ###@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@££#      despite ghosts helping and the      #££@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@£##     collective consciousness lowpass     ##£@£^=-:.
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....:=££££ beaming  of  all our  secrets  in  every ££££=:....
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.:-=^£@£## the universe  say it's  because you need ##£@£^=-:.
.:-=^£@££# a  class one-or-the-other  star  and the #££@£^=-:.
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.:-=^£@£## idea  what we're  doing (and it probably ##£@£^=-:.
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